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#128 highest hotel rooms in the world · Shangri-La
Shangri-La Nanjing
Nanjing, China · completed 2014
Highest room
565 ft
about 172 m above the street
Top room floor
45th
hotel floors 1–47
Building height
591 ft
180 m · 47 floors
Typical rate
$110
per night, standard room
Dedicated hotel tower · #131 by building height · #112 by top floor
How high is Shangri-La Nanjing?
Shangri-La Nanjing is a Shangri-La hotel in Nanjing, China. Its highest guest rooms are on the 45th floor, roughly 565 ft (172 m) above the street: about level with the top of the Washington Monument.
The hotel fills a 47-floor tower that rises 591 ft (180 m) and was completed in 2014. Guest rooms stop at floor 45, 2 floors below the top of the building.
By highest room it ranks #128 of the 176 hotels in our world index, #131 by building height and #112 by top room floor. In Nanjing it ranks #3 of 5; InterContinental Nanjing has the highest rooms there, at 1,080 ft. Among the 8 Shangri-La hotels we track, it ranks #8.
A standard room typically costs around $110 a night, below the $250 median across the tall hotels we track. Rates swing a lot by season, so check live prices before you book.
About the hotel
Shangri-La Nanjing stands on Zhongyang Road in Gulou District, beside Xuanwu Lake and about ten minutes' drive from Nanjing Railway Station. It has 450 rooms and suites, including lake-view categories, plus 21 serviced apartments. Facilities include the Café Xuan and Jiangnan Wok restaurants, a lobby lounge, Chi, The Spa, a 25-metre heated infinity pool and a ballroom that holds around 1,900 guests for receptions, and the Xinjiekou shopping district is a short drive away.
How it compares
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Other Nanjing hotels on our list, by highest room.
InterContinental Nanjing (Zifeng Tower)
🇨🇳 Nanjing · rooms to 1,080 ft
Floor 77 · 1,476 ft tower
Jumeirah Nanjing (Nanjing International Youth Cultural Centre)
🇨🇳 Nanjing · rooms to 1,020 ft
Floor 66 · 1,034 ft tower
Grand Metropark Hotel Nanjing
🇨🇳 Nanjing · rooms to 530 ft
Floor 40 · 558 ft tower
Sheraton Nanjing Kingsley Hotel & Towers
🇨🇳 Nanjing · rooms to 510 ft
Floor 40 · 538 ft tower
Other tall Shangri-La hotels
Questions about Shangri-La Nanjing
What floor are the highest rooms at Shangri-La Nanjing?
The highest guest rooms at Shangri-La Nanjing are on the 45th floor. The hotel occupies floors 1–47 of the 47-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at Shangri-La Nanjing?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 565 ft (172 m) above street level, about level with the top of the Washington Monument. The figure is an estimate based on the floor number and the building's average floor height.
How tall is the Shangri-La Nanjing building?
The building is 591 ft (180 m) tall, with 47 floors, and was completed in 2014.
Is Shangri-La Nanjing the tallest hotel in Nanjing?
Not by highest room. InterContinental Nanjing has higher rooms (1,080 ft vs 565 ft), and Shangri-La Nanjing ranks #3 of the 5 Nanjing hotels on our list.
How much does a night at Shangri-La Nanjing cost?
Standard rooms typically run around $110 per night, though rates vary a lot by date and season.
Heights come from CTBUH, Wikipedia and the hotels themselves. The highest-room figure is the top room floor multiplied by the building's average floor height, so treat it as accurate to within a few floors. How we measure.